Not without Madness : Perspectives on Opera - Fabrizio Della Seta

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Not without Madness

Perspectives on Opera

By: Fabrizio Della Seta, Mark Weir (Translator)

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Hardcover | 27 November 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Opera often seems to arouse either irrational enthusiasm or visceral dislike. Such madness, as Goethe wrote, is indispensable in all theater, and yet in practice, sentiment and passion must be balanced by sense and reason. Exploring this tension between madness and reason, Not without Madness presents new analytical approaches to thinking about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century opera through the lenses of its historical and cultural contexts. In these twelve essays, Fabrizio Della Seta explores the concept of opera as a dramatic event and an essential moment in the history of theater. Examining the meaning of opera and the devices that produce and transmit this meaning, he looks at the complex verbal, musical, and scenic mechanisms in parts of La sonnambula, Ernani, Aida, Le nozze di Figaro, Macbeth, and Il trovatore. He argues that approaches to the study of opera must address performance, interpretation, composition, reception, and cultural ramifications. Purely musical analysis does not make sense unless we take into account music’s dramatic function. Containing many essays available for the first time in English, Not without Madness bridges recent divisions in opera studies and will attract musicologists, musicians, and opera lovers alike.

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"Not without Madness abounds with highly original concepts and insights. Fabrizio Della Seta tackles the subject of meaning in music and opera in an engaging way, responding to a wealth of stimuli not only from the fields of musicology, but also from literature and philosophy. This book stands out as a remarkably dense, exciting, and rewarding read." (Francesco Izzo, University of Southampton)"

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Note on Terminology	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Theory and Analysis
Emotion and Action: On the Theory of Italian Opera	p. 15
Ernani: The "Carlo Quinto" Act	p. 24
"O cieli azzurri": Exoticism and Dramatic Discourse in Aida	p. 38
What "Happens" in the Act 2 Finale of Le nozzedi Figaro?	p. 52
The Death of King Duncan: From Shakespeare to Verdi, via the French Revolution	p. 83
"D'amor sull'ali rosee": Analyzing Melody and the Creative Process	p. 96
History and Criticism
Some Difficulties in the Historiography of Italian Opera	p. 119
Verdi: The Italian Tradition and the European Experience	p. 131
Meyerbeer in Nineteenth-Century Italian Criticism and the Idea of "Musical Drama"	p. 158
Alberto Mazzucato and the Beginnings of Italian Verdi Criticism	p. 178
Parola scenica in Verdi and His Critics	p. 190
Gabriele Baldini on Verdi: A Theory of Opera	p. 213
Notes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 295
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